Member Since: 5/5/2006
Band Website: JasonDuMars.com
Band Members: Jason DuMars: soprano, alto and tenor sax, acordion, flute, clarinet, recorder, bowed psaltery, electronics, drums, guitar, bass, piano, marxophone, baglama saz, gu zheng, percussion, vocals, arranging, composing, improvising, destroying
Influences: Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, the Books, Iron &; Wine, Radiohead, Bjork, Nina Nastasia, Robert Johnson, Fred Frith, Volapuk, Kampec Dolores, Alamaailman Vasarat, Bob Drake, Cassiber, Amy Denio, Hail, 5uu's, Thinking Plague, Guy Klucevsek, Henry Cow, Iva Bittova, Kampec Dolores, Present, Univers Zero, Science Group, Aksak Maboul, Gentle Giant, Thomas Chapin, T.S. Monk, Cannonball, Art Blakey &; the Jazz Messengers, Dolphy, Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Herbie Nichols, Herbie Hancock, Mingus, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, Mario Pavone, Ellery Eskelin, Ned Rothenberg, Chris Potter, Chris Speed, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Dave Douglas, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland, David Berkman, David Murray, David Liebman, David Valdez, Don Ellis, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Dresser, Francois Houle, Benoit Delbecq, Marc Copland, Fred Hersch, Gianluigi Trovesi, Carlos Actis Dato, William Parker, Joe Lovano, Julius Hemphill, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Garrett, Lennie Tristano, Tim Price, Tim Berne, Marilyn Crispell, Matthew Shipp, McCoy Tyner, Muhal Richard Abrams, Eric Friedlander, Don Cherry, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lacy, Louis Sclavis, Andrew Hill, Peter Brötzmann, Anouar Brahem, Ben Allison, Brad Mehldau, Daniel Carter WORLD: Lots of Balkan stuff- Taraf de Haidouks, Kalman Balogh, Yuri Yunakov, Kocani Orkestar, Boban Marcovic Orkestar, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Besh O Drom, Taraf de Metropulito, Slavic Soul Party!, Terem Quartet, Taraf Borzo, Petros Tabouris, Muszikas. also: Madjid Khaladj, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Nasibov Edalat, Abida Parween, Hassan Hakmoun, Djivan Gasparyan, Ensemble al Kindi, Keyvan Chemirani, Ottoman Classical Music, Flamenco, North Indian Classical, qawwalis, ghazals, Moosiqi Asil, klezmer, Ottoman Classical Music... THE MUSIC OF: the Ba-Benzele &; Ituri Pygmies, Laos, Vietnam (esp. ca tru), Albanian Kosovars, Cambodia, Burma, Kmhmu Highlanders, Japan (the Ainu people, Gagaku), the Balkan Peninsula, Burma (harp), Indonesia, Java (Court Gamelan Music), Morocco (Gharnati, Gnawa, Chaabi), Mongolia (tuvan throat singing), Peru, Rajasthan, China (gu Zheng, Pipa), Shona (Mbira), Armenia (duduk), Bhutan, Tibet (buddhist chant), Turkey, Uzbekistan... Khatchaturian, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bartok, Kalevi Aho, Rautavaara, Kancheli, Lou Harrison, Messiaen, Mahler, Bruckner, Sibelius, Paganini, Bach, Arvo Part, Gorecki, Xenakis, Piazzola, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Satie, Schnittke, Glass, Enescu, Scriabin, Vasks, Bloch, Janacek, Hindemith, Bereketis, Britten, Cage, Chopin, Liszt, Shoenberg, Ligeti, Berio, Ravel, Reich, Riley, Respighi, Webern, Dvorak, Glazunov, Golijov, Gubaidulina, Rota, Hovhaness
Sounds Like: My saxophone playing lies somewhere between John Zorn and Paul Desmond, everything else is like a pot of musical gumbo.
Type of Label: None